Posted on 10/28/2014 8:38:02 AM PDT by upbeat5
Oh good. A Hollywood liberal is doing a sitcom about a church. What could go wrong?
With NBC’s popular comedic sit-com “Parks and Recreation” heading into its seventh and final season, lead actress Amy Poehler’s next project is one conservative Christians probably won’t welcome.
Deadline Hollywood broke the news October 17 that Poehler and “Parks and Recreation” co-executive producer Aisha Muharrar are re-teaming together to co-write a new series for NBC. The currently untitled new series will be centered around “a young, agnostic woman who inherits a church and the crew of strong-willed characters who make up her new community.”
A.V Club described the church goers as “colorful” (Read: eccentric and/or stupid with a fair dose of hypocrisy thrown in). It’s been a long time since Hollywood produced a TV show in which religious characters weren’t villainous hypocrites or hopelessly naïve kooks. One need look no further than ABC’s controversial 2012 series G.C.B (originally titled Good Christian B*tches), which was cancelled after just 10 episodes over its mockery of respectable church-going women on Sunday who become lusty, gossip crazed rivals the rest of the week.
A staunch liberal, Poehler will probably take similar liberties with the “colorful” church goers of the new show. While the denomination of the church hasn’t been disclosed yet, Poehler herself was raised Catholic and she isn’t shy about deriding her old faith. In one “S.N.L” skit, she made fun of “Catholic politicians for trying to restrict the use of birth control."
It hasn’t yet been determined if Poehler will solely have the executive producer and writer type role or if she will star in her new show like she does in “Parks and Rec.” Still she can do enough damage even if it is just the former. Poehler has used her previous shows “SNL” and “Parks and Recreation” as platforms to sell the liberal agenda under the guise of comedy. On them she has sold Obamacare, hyped feminism and promoted gay themes and abortion.
One thing that’s clear is that Poehler doesn’t take faith seriously. She herself has said that “Some people go to church to feel in touch with that creative force that some people call God … So if the stage is my church, improv is my religion …” That’s one religion conservatives ought to avoid.
The hearts of the wicked have changed very little since the days of Christ on earth. This Poehler person wants to curry favor with the people who have made her a star by sucking up to their hatred of Christ and His Church.
She has her reward. Good luck explaining your mockery to Jesus when you stand before Him, Amy.
I tried “Parks and Recreation” on Netflix and I got about halfway through the first episode. Horrible.
Eh, I don’t watch TV anymore, at all. I only DVR old movies, but usually just read. Stuff like this is why. I came to the conclusion years ago that a meteor wiping out Hollywood and everyone in it would instantly make the world a better place.
The odds of any sitcom idea actually getting on the air are pretty slim, even for a star like Amy.
OK, I’ll bite, how does one “inherit” a church?
“In that case you are doomed to spend eternity in a bad comedy club where each act is worse than the last.”
Great line, Buckeye!
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